Chuka Umunna
: Ed's Google Speech and What It Means for Responsible Capitalism
Mehdi Hasan
: Woolwich Attack: Demonising Muslims Won't Help
Jamie Bartlett
: The Woolwich Attacks Are Not New
Martin Newman
: People of Woolwich Will Defy the Far-Right and Come Together Over Killing of a Soldier Son
B.J. Epstein
: Down With the Matriarchy? What Matriarchy?
More than seven million adults in the UK have never used the internet, official figures suggest. The data revealed around one million more people h...
According to data from the United Nations, in 2008 the proportion of the world's population living in urban areas passed the 50% mark, heading for 70% by 2050.
We are directly and indirectly threatening the existence of countless species through the harvesting of them and the destruction of their habitats. Among the more well-known species we have already lost are the Great Auk, Stellar's Sea Cow, the Baiji White Dolphin, and the Passenger Pigeon.
Most population growth is happening in the developing world. The clue is in the name - many developing nations are on their way up. Endeavouring to curb population growth can only be a positive thing. Many of the actions we could take are intrinsically humanitarian in themselves.
One of the big oversights of the Millennium Development Goals was that it did not create an expectation that monitoring and data should cover all ages, with the result that statistics for issues such as HIV or violence stop at age 49 and we know practically nothing about older people living with the infection.
David Attenborough has described humans as a "plague on Earth" that need to slow down breeding to stop the world's population being reduced by more br...
Many headlines have seized on the fact that Muslims now make up nearly five percent (4.8%) of the English and Welsh population. At the same time, especially after the London bombings in July 2005, the level of prejudice against Muslims has multiplied.
In March in a small coastal village called Puttumattalan where a hundred thousand people had taken shelter, Murugan says he was ordered to bury 700 people who died trying to cross over the lagoon to the army side at night.
So what does the growth in the number of Muslims mean? Inevitably, the Far Right will claim we are witnessing the 'Islamification of Britain'. More sober minded people will rightfully recognise that this is not occurring whatsoever.
The number of children in England's primary and nursery schools is set to soar by 18% in the next eight years, official figures show. By 2020, the ...
The growing number of older people throughout Europe offers us an immense opportunity. Older people, after all, constitute an army within which there is knowledge, talent and ability.
In reality no-one is "pro-abortion," but rather we, along with the mainstream populace of the vast majority of the developing world, are "pro the right to abortion." Each woman should be allowed and empowered to make her own decision as to whether she continues her pregnancy - according to her health, her morals, her religion, her resources and all the other circumstances she finds herself in.
“I’m a scientist, not an actor,” – an unlikely opening line from Stephen Emmott, star of one-man show Ten Billion at the Royal Court Theat...
England and Wales has reached a record 56.1m population, according to Monday's Census 2011. The figures show a 7% increase over the last 10 years,...
Instead of declaring Britain closed, we should spread growth and jobs around Britain, just as we've regenerated Stratford to host the Olympics, and turned around the population decline in the centre of great cities like Manchester and Liverpool.
The population of England and Wales has grown by 3.7m, or 7%, in a decade, to 56.1m according to the 2011 Census. The Office for National Statisti...
We know that there is a gap into which a minimum of 200million women fall because their needs for contraception are unmet. Getting condoms, pills and other supplies onto the ground is one essential part of what needs to be done to deal with this. But it is only one side of the coin. If women are to be able to make use of these then we need to also tackle the flip side of the coin - the gender inequality and unequal power relations between men and women which mean that women and girls often cannot decide when or whether they have sex, including whether contraception is used.
There are currently 215 million women in the world who lack access to basic reproductive healthcare. Millions more are without due to lack of education, funding and distribution; or for cultural, social and religious reasons which prevent them from accessing sexual health services.
One of the themes of Rio+20 is 'green growth'. The first and most obvious question will be 'Can there be such a thing as green growth?' and for me the answer is an emphatic 'Yes' - as long as there is a paradigm shift in the way that governments, the private sector and consumers think about resources.
Unpredicted and unannounced Britain now finds itself right in the middle of an extraordinary new baby boom, a fresh bulge-generation that will help shape our country for the rest of the 21st century. Has Britain cheated demographic destiny?
Humans will need two Earths to support our lifestyles by 2030 because we are draining the world’s resources so quickly, a new report has warned. ...
If the EU is to successfully implement people-oriented, inclusive and sustainable development cooperation, we must compel it to grasp these opportunities and commit to mainstreaming ageing across its policy and programming. If we don't, the fast-growing numbers of older people world-wide will be further marginalised and the EU's own efforts to eradicate global poverty will be seriously undermined.
"Never prophesy, especially about the future." That nicely captures the perils of predictions - so nicely, indeed, that the saying or a version of it has been credited to numerous people, from the movie mogul Sam Goldwyn to baseball's Yogi Berra.
According to latest predictions by the U.N., by 2050, two-thirds of the world population will live in cities. By then, the world's population will have risen by 30 percent to nine billion.
Bill Gates' annual letter is always an inspiring read and today's was no exception. As an international health charity, Merlin is thrilled at the positive impact the Gates Foundation has had - not just on those whose lives are saved or enhanced, but on decisions-made and donations given.
